OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Journal of Investigative Dermatology is 39. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2021-08-01 to 2025-08-01.)

Article	Citations
Clinical Snippets	115
Editors’ Picks	95
Cells to Surgery Quiz: May 2022	86
162 Loss-of-function variants in SERPINA12 underlie autosomal recessive palmoplantar keratoderma	73
LB1786 Transient epigenetic reprogramming by mRNA for skin rejuvenation	70
LB1681 Risk of merkel cell carcinoma progression after treatment discontinuation in patients with an objective response to anti-PD-(L)1 immunotherapy	70
LB1642 Inhibition of spleen tyrosine kinase signaling pathway ameliorates imiquimod- induced psoriasis mouse model	63
LB1727 Establishing in vivo and in vitro models of hypermobile Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome for therapy development	63
LB806 YouTube as a source of information on treatment of hyperpigmentation in skin of color	63
518 Role Of TLR4 In chronic relapsing itch induced by subcutaneous capsaicin injection in neonatal rats	62
LB725 Skin barrier formation by epigenetic regulation of EGR3	62
1570 NOS2-derived low levels of NO drives psoriasis pathogenesis	61
341 Imiquimod-induced psoriasis requires non-classical monocytes	58
371 Dissecting key features of early-stage atopic dermatitis in pre-clinical models	58
649 Novel antioxidant complex clinically helps improve the appearance of aged skin by targeting the damaging effects of air pollution	56
384 TNF is partially required for cell-death-triggered skin inflammation upon acute loss of cFLIP	54
1596 Five-year follow-up of basophil activation tests based on CD203c expression in cases with Pru p 7 allergy	53
523 Iron excretion through the epidermis influences host defense against C. albicans	51
398 Differential UV-induced cytokine expression in dependence to skin microbiome in Polymorphic Light Eruption	51
383 The presence of ILC2 may suggest the pathophysiological contribution to eosinophilic pustulosis folliculitis	50
717 Comparative lipidomics profiling of epidermal triglycerides and phospholipids in borage oil vs safflower oil fed guinea pigs	49
612 Theabrownin in black tea suppresses UVB-induced MMP-1 expression in HaCaT keratinocytes	47
567 Mohs micrographic surgery vs. wide local excision for cutaneous sebaceous adenocarcinoma: An analysis of nationwide trends	46
557 Antibiotic exposure for immune checkpoint inhibitor induced bullous pemphigoid associated with worse outcomes	44
280 Research on skin cells unravels general mechanisms of neurological degeneration	43

1509 M1 Macrophage may regulate innate immune system in wound healing through interleukin-1β to increase the expression of human β-defensins in human keratinocytes	43
1503 Prostaglandin E2 prevents radiotherapy-induced alopecia by attenuating transit amplifying cell apoptosis through promoting G1 arrest	42
249 C-FOS drives reversible basal to squamous cell carcinoma transition	42
308 A case report illustrating the problem of VUS identification in the genetic diagnosis of congenital ichthyosis	40
597 Interim results of a phase I/II, closed label, randomized pilot study for the safety and efficacy of TolaSure gel, 5% w/w targeting aggregated mutant keratin in severe epidermolysis bullosa simple	40
330 Poly(ADP-ribose) polymerase (PARP)-2 promotes inflammation in psoriasis by regulating estradiol biosynthesis in keratinocytes	40
333 Keratinocyte-intrinsic BCL10/MALT1 activity initiates and amplifies psoriasiform skin inflammation	40
591 Increasing ascorbic acid performance – part 2 of 2: Clinical data	40
1530 Overexpression of VGLL3 drives hippo and TGFβ dysregulation and fibrosis in CLE lesions using single-cell RNA sequencing	40
281 Normalization of MCP1 and sCD40L after systemic treatment with bone marrow derived mesenchymal stromal cells correlated with clinical benefits in patients with recessive dystrophic epidermolysis b	40
630 A multicenter single-arm study of etanercept treatment in Stevens-Johnson syndrome (SJS) and toxic epidermal necrolysis (TEN) and biomarkers of systemic steroid therapy resistance	39
640 Treatment of recalcitrant cutaneous warts with intralesional injection of HBV vaccine	39
1557 Transcriptomic analysis demonstrates good correlation of a murine model of chronic dermatitis induced by oxazolone with major gene hallmarks of atopic dermatitis in humans	39
277 Human iPSC-derived-keratinocytes, a new useful model to identify and explore pathological phenotype of Epidermolysis Bullosa Simplex	39
485 The association between juvenile xanthogranulomas in neurofibromatosis type 1 patients and the development of leukemia: A systematic review	39